2025 NFDI4DS ConferenceIn-Person Event

25 Nov 2025, 12:00 → 26 Nov 2025, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium (Fraunhofer FOKUS)

We are excited to announce this year's NFDI4DS conference, our annual community and connection event.

The vision of NFDI4DS is to support all steps of the complex and interdisciplinary research data lifecycle, including collecting/creating, processing, analyzing, publishing, archiving, and reusing resources in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

The overarching objective of NFDI4DS is the development, establishment, and sustainment of a national research data infrastructure (NFDI) for the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence community in Germany. 

As this is a participative format, we encourage people from various backgrounds to join us.

• Interested in giving a lightning talk?
• Planning to bring a poster with you?

Please contact us via: nfdi4ds@fokus.fraunhofer.de

At the moment we are polishing the agenda.  

Our conference venue is Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin.

We look forward to seeing you at the event.

Tuesday 25 November

12:00 Arrival and welcome

Session 1: Overview of NFDI4DS

Convener: Sonja Schimmler

1 Overview of NFDI4DS

Speaker: Sonja Schimmler

Session 1: MaRDI - NN

Conveners: Burkard Schmid (WIAS), Thomas Koprucki

Session 1: NFDIxCS - NN

Conveners: Jan Bernoth (Universität Potsdam), Ulrike Lucke (Universität Potsdam)

Session 1: Base4NFDI - NN

Convener: Najla Rettberg

Session 1: Poster madness

15:00 Coffee Break and Posters

Session 2: DataNord: Data Literacy – Strengthening Bremen’s Research

Conveners: Lena Steinmann (U Bremen Research Alliance), Tanja Hörner (University of Bremen)

2 DataNord: Data Literacy – Strengthening Bremen’s Research

DataNord is an interdisciplinary data competence center for the Bremen region, established as part of the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA) – a regional collaboration network of the University of Bremen and twelve non-university research institutes. It serves as a hub for cross-disciplinary and interinstitutional data science learning, research, and networking in the Bremen region. DataNord is one of eleven data competence centers funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) as part of a nationwide initiative.
Bringing together universities, non-university research institutions, state institutes, NFDI consortia, and infrastructure centers, DataNord consolidates comprehensive expertise in research data management and data science. Its scientific profile areas include: (1) Environmental and Marine Sciences, (2) Social Sciences, (3) Material and Engineering Sciences, (4) Health Sciences, and (5) Humanities.
DataNord provides support for researchers at all career levels to enhance their data skills. Its comprehensive offers include trainings, consulting services, hackathons, summer schools, networking opportunities, self-learning materials, and research projects.
Key pillars of DataNord include the Data Science Center (DSC) at the University of Bremen, which provides tailored training and consultations through its interdisciplinary team, and the Data Train program, designed specifically to equip PhD students and early-career researchers with essential skills in data science and research data management.
In our presentation, we introduce DataNord as an inter-institutional solution for promoting data skills and accelerating the cultural shift towards a FAIR data culture. We explore DataNord’s role within Bremen’s data ecosystem and its significance in Germany’s broader research landscape. With its interdisciplinary focus and extensive collaborations – including partnerships with eleven NFDI consortia – DataNord serves as a scalable model and best-practice for other regions in Germany.

Speakers: Lena Steinmann (U Bremen Research Alliance), Tanja Hörner (University of Bremen)

Session 2: de.KCD - NN

Convener: Eduardo Jacobo Miranda (EMBL)

Session 2: QUADRIGA - NN

Convener: Ulrike Lucke (Universität Potsdam)

Session 2: Hochschule Wismar - NN

Convener: Frank Krüger (HS Wismar)

Session 2: Bauhaus Universität Weimar - NN

Convener: Benno Stein (Bauhaus Universität Weimar)

Session 2: GESIS - NN

Convener: Brigitte Mathiak (GESIS)

Session 2: Panel discussion

Session 2: Recap and conclusion day 1

Wednesday 26 November

08:00 Arrival

Recap day 1 and Întroduction day 2

Convener: Sonja Schimmler

Session 3: Keynote

Convener: Vyacheslav (Slava) Tykhonov (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW))

3 Keynote

Speaker: Vyacheslav (Slava) Tykhonov (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW))

Session 3: Lightning talks on demos

10:30 Coffee Break and Demos

Session 4: NFDI4Biomage - NN

Convener: Robert Haase (ScaDS.AI, Uni Leipzig)

Session 4: NFDI4Earth - NN

Convener: Claus Weiland (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)

Session 4: PUNCH4NFDI - NN

Convener: Elena Sacci (DESY)

Session 4: NFDI4Cat - NN

Convener: Scheurer Christoph (FHI)

Session 4: NFDI-Matwerk - NN

Session 4: Recap and conclusion day 2